BY-LAWS 


REGULATIONS 

OF  THE 

ospital, 


ADOPTED  BY 


The  Board  of  Trustees,  1874. 


Nctu  Yorfc  : 

GEOUGE  F.  NESBITT  & CO.,  ITMNTEKS, 
COR.  PEARL  AND  PINE  STREETS. 


1874. 


BY-LAWS 


A1SD 

REGULATIONS 


ADOPTED  BY 


The  Board  of  Trustees,  1874. 


Xrto  Yorfe : 

GEORGE  F.  NESBITT  & CO.,  PRINTERS, 

COR.  PEARL  AND  PINE  STREETS. 


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OFFICERS 


OF  THE 

|)omccop;if|ic  Hospital, 

FOR  1874. 


CHARLES  A.  TOWNSENd/^^4^-^'  President. 
DA\  ID  M.  STONE,  ft  Vice-President. 

W.  H.  CROMWELL,  . iff  _<2rr«£t*~r'n^  ^ Treasurer_ 

JAMES  R COWING,  - /7/  . Secretary. 

W.  W.  GOODRICH,  - - - - - Counsel. 


Hoard  of  Irustccsi, 


CHAS.  A.  TOWNSEND, 
W.  W.  GOODRICH, 

L.  S.  BURNHAM, 

J.  A.  COWING, 

A.  F.  GOODNOW, 
LYMAN  R.  GREENE, 
A.  E.  ORR, 

CURRAN  DINSMORE, 
NORMAN  PECK, 

S.  W.  BOOCOCK, 

JOHN  P.  ATKINSON, 
W.  B.  KENDALL, 


D.  M.  STONE, 

W.  B.  LEONARD, 

W.  P.  CLYDE, 

H.  W.  HUNT, 

N.  S SIMPKINS,  Jr., 
EDWARD  TODD, 
JAMES  KINGON, 

C.  C.  DIKE, 

LEVI  PAWLING, 
DEMAS  BARNES, 
JAMES  R.  COWING, 
JOHN  C.  WYMAN, 

D.  S.  HINES, 

W.  II.  CROMWELL. 


TOBIAS  NEW, 

C.  K.  WALLACE, 

JER.  P.  ROBINSON. 


Hlfflirat  and  Surgical  £taff. 

President  of  the  Medical  Board , 

A.  E.  SUMNER,  M.D. 


R.  C.  MOFFAT,  M.D., 
W.  S.  SEARLE,  M.D., 
E.  MINER,  M.D., 


Physicians, 

E.  J.  WHITNEY,  M.D., 
W.  B GARSIDE,  M IX, 

W.  L.  R.  PERRINE,  M.D., 
G.  A.  BOWEN,  M.D. 


Surgeons, 

W.  L.  M.  FISKE,  MD,  | H.  WILLIS,  M.D., 

A.  VARONA,  M.D. 


Resident  Physician, 
S.  E.  STILES,  M.D. 


Resident  Surgeon, 
CHAS.  E.  VAN  CLEEF,  M.D. 


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BY-LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS 


OF  THE 


Article  1— Meetings  and  Elections. 

1.  There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  members  of  this 
Corporation  on  the  second  Saturday  of  December  in  each  year, 
due  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  which  shall  be  given 
by  the  Secretary  by  publication  in  one  or  more  of  the  daily 
papers  published  in  Brooklyn,  twice  for  one  week  previous  to 
said  meeting ; and  every  person  who  has  contributed  or  shall 
contribute  one  hundred  dollars  at  any  one  time,  or  twenty-five 
dollars  within  one  year  previous  to  said  election,  shall  be  mem- 
bers of  the  corporation. 

2.  At  said  meeting  a Board  of  thirty-five  Trustees  shall  be 
elected  for  the  year  commencing  1st  January  following,  who 
shall  hold  their  office  for  one  year,  or  until  their  successors  are 
elected. 

3.  At  the  first  meeting  thereafter  of  these  Trustees,  they  shall 
elect  by  ballot  from  their  number  a President,  Vice-President, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  who  shall  hold  office  during  the  term 
of  said  Board,  unless  removed  for  cause,  or  by  death  or  resigna- 
tion, in  which  case  the  office  shall  be  filled  at  the  next  monthly 
meeting  thereafter  of  the  Board. 

4.  If  the  seat  of  any  member  of  the  Board  shall  be  made 
vacant  by  death,  resignation  or  otherwise,  any  member  of  this 
Corporation  may  be  elected  by  the  Board  to  fill  the  vacancy,  pro- 
vided his  name  be  presented  as  a candidate  at  a meeting  field  at 
least  two  weeks  previously  to  the  time  of  election. 

Article  2.— President  and  Vice-President. 

1.  The  President  may  call  a meeting  of  the  Trustees  when- 
ever he  shall  think  necessary,  and  shall  do  so  on  the  request  in 


writing  of  any  three  of  the  Trustees,  and  may  appoint  the  time 
and  place  of  such  meeting,  (provided  the  latter  shall  be  in  the 
City  of  Brooklyn,)  giving  at  least  two  day’s  notice  thereof;  and 
at  every  special  meeting  so  called,  the  particular  object  of  the 
meeting  shall  be  given  in  the  call,  and  no  other  business  shall  be 
transacted  except  such  as  pertains  to  it. 

2.  The  President,  or  in  his  absence  the  Vice-President,  or  a 
Chairman  pro  tern .,  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Trustees, 
and  shall  preserve  order  therein  ; he  shall  appoint  all  committees 
except  such  as  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot. 

3.  The  President  or  Vice-President  shall  visit  the  Hospital  and 
Dispensary  at  least  once  in  every  month,  except  July  and  August, 
to  inspect  the  general  state  of  the  institution,  and  shall  report 
thereon  at  the  next  monthly  meeting  of  the  Trustees. 

4.  In  the  absence  of  the  President  the  Vice-President  shall 
fulfil  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  in  the  absence  of  both,  a Presi- 
dent pro  tem.j  shall  be  chosen  with  the  same  powers. 

Article  3-— Board  of  Trustees . 

1.  A monthty  meeting  of  the  Trustees  shall  be  held  at  the 
Hospital  on  the  second  Saturday  in  every  month,  except  July 
and  August,  at  eight  o’clock  P.  M. 

2.  At  every  such  meeting  the  order  of  -business  shall  be  as 
follows,  viz. : 

First — Beading  the  Minutes  of  Previous  Meeting. 

Second — -Treasurer’s  Beport. 

Third — Finance  Committee. 

Fourth — Library  Committee. 

Fifth — House  Physician. 

Sixth — Beports  of  Special  Committees. 

Seventh — Miscellaneous  Business. 

3.  Seven  Trustees  shall  constitute  a quorum  for  the  transac- 
tion of  all  business,  excepting  the  alienating  of  any  of  the  real  or 
personal  property  of  the  corporation,  or  leasing  the  real  estate 
thereof  for  a longer  term  than  one  year,  for  which  purpose  the 
consent  of  a majority  of  all  the  Trustees  shall  be  necessary. 

4.  The  Trustees  shall  at  their  first  meeting  in  January  elect 

i9MM  so  many  physicians  and  surgeons  as  they 


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shall  think  necessary ; and  every  physician  and  surgeon  hereafter 
to  be  appointed  shall  hold  his  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the 
Board. 

5.  If  any  Trustee  shall  be  absent  from  four  consecutive 
monthly  meetings  of  the  Board,  without  good  reason,  his  place 
may  be  deemed  vacant,  and  the  Board  may  proceed  to  nominate 
another  to  fill  his  place. 

6.  At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  each  year, 
they  shall  appoint  a House  Physician,  who  shall  act  as  Pharma- 
ceutist, and  a Superintendent,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  during 
the  pleasure  of  the  Board. 

7.  At  the  same  meeting  the  Board  shall  elect,  on  the  nomina- 
tion of  the  President,  the  following  Committees,  viz. : a Finance 
Committee,  consisting  of  five  members,  who  shall  have  general 
charge  of  the  pecuniary  affairs  of  the  Institution ; an  Auditing 
Committee,  consisting  of  three  members,  who  shall,  in  the  first 
week  of  January,  audit  the  Hospital  accounts  for  the  previous 
year,  inventory  all  the  real  and  personal  estate  of  the  corporation, 
make  a schedule  of  all  deeds,  bonds  and  other  securities  in  the 
hands  of  the  Treasurer,  and  a general  statement  of  the  accounts ; 
which  inventor}^  schedule  and  statement  shall  be  made  up  and 
produced  by  them  at  the  next  monthly  meeting  thereafter ; and 
a Library  Committee?  consisting  of  three  members,  who  shall  see 
that  the  books  of  the  library  are  kept  in  good  condition,  and 
recommend  the  addition  to  them,  from  time  to  time,  of  such 
works  as  the  funds  and  necessities  of  the  corporation  may  permit. 

Article  Jf,— Treasurer. 

1.  The  Treasurer,  or  the  President  acting  pro  tern,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Board  as  such  officer,  shall  keep  all  moneys 
belonging  to  the  Institution  in  one  of  the  Banks  or  Trust  Com- 
panies of  the  Cit}"  of  Brooklyn,  in  the  name  of  this  Corporation, 
and  shall  pay  out,  from  time  to  time,  such  sums  as  shall  be  or- 
dered by  the  Finance  Committee,  or  proper  officers  of  the  Institution. 

2.  He  shall  keep  proper  books  of  account,  showing  the  re- 
ceipts and  expenditures,  which  books  he  shall  always  be  ready 
to  place  before  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  each  monthly  meeting, 
and  at  any  special  meeting,  when  so  notified. 


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Article  o—  Secretary . 

1.  The  Secretary  shall  have  charge  of  the  Seal  of  the  Corpo- 
ration. He  shall  attend  the  meetings  of  the  Trustees,  take 
minutes  of  the  proceedings,  and  transcribe  them  in  a book  kept 
for  that  purpose. 

2.  Immediately  after  the  election  of  the  Trustees  or  other 
officers,  he  shall  give  notice  to  the  persons  elected. 

3.  Two  days  preceding  every  meeting,  he  shall  send  notice 
of  the  time  and  place  of  said  meeting  to  each  of  the  Trustees. 

4.  He  shall  cause  the  Annual  Reports  to  be  made  to  the  State 
and  City,  and  the  annual  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  Hos- 
pital to  be  regularly  entered  upon  his  book  of  minutes. 

Article  6.  —President  of  the  Medical  Board. 

1.  At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Attending  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons after  their  annual  election  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be  practicable, 
they  shall  organize  themselves  as  a Medical  Board,  and  elect  from 
their  number  a President  and  Secretary,  the  former  of  whom  shall 
attend  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  be  the  medium 
of  communication  between  them  and  the  Staff. 

■ 2.  He  shall,  under  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  pur- 

chase such  medical  and  surgical  supplies  as  may  be  needed  for  the 
Hospital,  and  shall  be  the  officer  on  whom  all  requisitions  shall  be 
made  by  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Staff  while  on  duty. 

3.  He  shall  act  as  umpire  in  all  cases  of  difference  arising  be- 
tween members  of  the  Staff  of  the  Hospital,  subject  to  an  appeal 
to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  all  appointments  on  the  Medical 
and  Surgical  Staff  shall  be  made  with  his  concurrence. 

4.  He  shall  be  charged  with  the  general  supervision  and 
direction  of  all  matters  relating  to  regimen  and  hygiene. 

Article  Attending  Physicians  and \ Surgeons . 

1.  All  physicians  and  surgeons  appointed  by  the  Board  shall 
hold  their  offices  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Trustees. 

2.  One  physician,,  or  one  surgeon,  shall  visit  every  patient  in 


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their  respective  departments  at  least  three  times  in  each  week, 
or  as  much  oftener  as  may  be  necessary.  They  shall  attend  to 
the  neatness  and  ventilation  of  the  wards,  and  give  such  direc- 
tions on  these  subjects  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  Superintend- 
ent. They  shall  direct  the  House  Physician  or  Surgeon  to  re- 
port to  the  Superintendent  such  patients  as  are  in  a proper  con- 
dition to  leave  the  hospital. 

3.  At  each  visit  the  Attending  Physician  or  Surgeon  shall 
inquire  whether  his  directions  and  prescriptions  have  been  care- 
fully observed. 

4.  The  times  of  their  attendance  shall  be  so  arranged  by  the 
physicians  and  surgeons  as  not  to  interfere  with  each  other,  and 
that  the  students  who  attend  the  practice  of  the  hospital  may 
accompany  them  in  their  visits  to  the  patients.  If  any  surgeon 
or  physician  shall  be  prevented  from  attending  in  his  turn,  he 
shall  procure  some  other  belonging  to  the  hospital  to  attend  in 
his  stead. 

5.  No  capital  operation  shall  be  performed,  except  in  cases  of 
immediate  danger,  without  the  previous  approbation  of  at  least 
two  surgeons,  nor  without  inviting  all  the  physicians  and  sur- 
geons belonging  to  the  hospital  to  be  present. 

7.  The  Attending  Physician  and  Surgeon  shall,  on  their  first 
visit  in  every  month,  inspect  the  Pharmacy,  and  see  that  it  is 
kept  in  proper  order,  that  good  medicines  are  regularly  sup- 
plied, and  shall  report  all  neglects  and  improprieties  on  these 
subjects,  whether  in  the  persons  furnishing  the  medicines,  or  in 
the  Pharmaceutist,  to  the  Trustees,  in  writing,  at  their  next 
meeting. 

8.  Such  physicians  and  surgeons  as  may  be  appointed  by  the 
Trustees  for  that  purpose  may  give  clinical  lectures  in  the  hos- 
pital; but  the  Trustees  may  withdraw  this  permission  whenever, 
in  their  judgment,  the  interests  of  the  institution  require  it. 


Article  8.—  Students. 

1.  Any  student  of  medicine  may  receive  a ticket  entitling 
him  to  visit  and  see  the  practice  of  the  house  for  one,  year,  sub- 
ject to  the  regulations  of  the  hospital,  on  producing  to  the  Med- 


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ical  Director  a certificate  from  any  physician  or  surgeon  in  good 
standing. 

2.  No  student  shall  be  entitled  to  attend  the  hospital  except  at 
the  hours  of  prescription,  operation  or  lecture ; and  if  any  student 
shall  behave  in  a disorderly  or  indiscreet  manner,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  House  Physician  or  Surgeon  to  report  him  to  the 
Medical  Director,  who  may  give  orders  to  exclude  him  in  the 
future  from*'  the  hospital. 

3.  It  shall  be  the  express  duty  of  the  physician  or  surgeon  to 
guard  against  any  examination  of  patients  by  pupils,  except  under 
his  own  inspection,  and  against  all  acts  calculated  to  alarm  or 
injure  the  patients. 


Article  9.— House  Physician  and  Surgeon. 

1.  Each  applicant  for  the  office  of  House  Physician  or  House 
Surgeon,  shall  produce  a diploma  from  some  respectable  Medical 
College,  and  shall  pass  such  an  examination  by  the  Board  of  At- 
tending Physicians  or  Surgeons  (as  the  case  may  be)  as  may  give 
satisfactory  proof  of  his  attainments  ; and  upon  a certificate  to  that 
effect  being  presented  to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  together  with  proper 
credentials  of  moral  character,  the  appointment  may  be  made.  In 
the  event  of  there  being  several  candidates,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Examining  Board,  as  above,  to  determine,  in  the  order  of 
merit,  which  candidate  shall  be  recommended  for  the  appointment. 

2.  The  House  Physician  and  House  Surgeon  shall  visit  their 
respective  wards  once  at  least  every  morning  and  evening,  and 
be  prepared  to  report  the  state  of  the  patients  to  the  Visiting 
Physicians  and  Surgeons ; they  shall  see  that  the  medicines  sent 
to  the  sick  are  regularly  taken,  and  administered  with  care  and 
neatness,  and  without  delay. 

3.  No  medicines,  wines  or  spirits,  shall  be  prescribed  or  ad- 
ministered to  the  patients,  nor  any  surgical  operation  performed 
(except  in  cases  of  emergency),  without  the  special  direction  of 
the  Attending  Physicians  or  Surgeons,  to  whom  such  cases,  when 
they  occur,  shall  be  immediately  reported. 

4.  In  any  medical  or  surgical  case  of  emergency,  the  House 
Physician  or  House  Surgeon  shall  request  the  immediate  attend- 


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ance  of  tlie  Attending  Physician  or  Surgeon,  and  if  he  cannot 
be  found,  of  any  other  of  the  Physicians  or  Surgeons  of  the 
Hospital. 

5.  They  shall  not  remove  patients  from  one  bed  or  ward  into 
another  without  the  approbation  of  the  Superintendent ; and  it 
shall  be  their  duty  to  report  the  disease  of  which  an}^  patient 
died  to  the  Superintendent,  in  order  that  the  register  may  be 
regularly  kept ; and  shall  also  report  to  the  Superintendent 
such  patients  as  may  have  been  received  during  his  absence. 

6.  Neither  the  House  Physician  or  House  Surgeon  shall  dis- 
charge patients,  this  being  the  exclusive  duty  of  the  Superin- 
tendent. 

7.  They  shall  not  be  absent  at  the  usual  hours  of  attendance  of 
the  Physicians  or  Surgeons,  and  whenever  either  of  them  goes 
out  he  shall  leave  word  with  the  Superintendent  where  he  maybe 
found,  and  in  no  case  shall  both  of  them  be  absent  at  the  same 
time ; they  must  be  in  the  Hospital  at  a seasonable  hour  in  the 
evening,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  sleep  in  the  house. 

8.  It  shall  be  the  particular  duty  of  the  House  Physician  to 
keep  the  electrical  and  galvanic  apparatus  always  in  perfect 
order,  and  faithfully  to  apply  them  when  directed. 

9.  The  House  Surgeon  shall  have  charge  of  all  the  instru- 
ments belonging  to  the  Hospital,  and  shall  be  responsible  for 
them,  and  for  their  good  order;  he  shall  keep  an  account  of  them, 
stating  from  whom  they  were  received,  and  their  prices,  and 
shall  never  suffer  them  to  be  hut  or  used  out  of  the  house. 

10.  The  House  Physician  and  Surgeon,  with  the  aid  of  their 
assistants,  under  the  direction  of  the  Attending  Physician  or 
Surgeon,  shall  keep  a register  of  all  medical  and  surgical  cases 
which  occur  in  the  house,  which  they  shall  think  worthy  of  pre- 
servation, recording  all  surgical  operations  therein,  and  make  an 
index  to  accompany  said  register. 

11.  Each  one  shall  make  an  annual  report  and  synopsis  of  the 
patients  treated  in  his  department  during  the  year,  and  shall  at  all 
times  be  ready  to  furnish  such  information  to  the  Board,  or  any 
of  its  officers,  as  may  be  required  of  them. 


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Article  10  — Pharmaceutist. 

1.  No  person  shall  be  appointed  Pharmaceutist  until  he  has 
produced  sufficient  testimonials  of  his  good  character,  and  has 
obtained  a certificate,  as  to  professional  competency,  from  two 
or  more  Physicians  or  Surgeons  connected  with  the  Hospital. 

2.  The  Pharmaceutist  shall  compound  and  make  up  all  the 
medicines  prescribed,  from  time  to  time,  by  the  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  to  the  Hospital.  He  shall  deliver  no  medicines  with- 
out the  order  of  the  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  shall  not 
permit  medicines  to  be  carried  out  of  the  house,  except  to  out- 
door patients.  He  shall  put  up  the  medicines  intended  for  each 
ward  separately,  and  shall  annex  to  them  labels  containing  the 
names  of  the  patients  for  whom  they  are  respectively  prescribed, 
and  when  necessary,  directions  for  taking  them  ; and  he  shall 
send  them  to  each  ward  by  the  orderly,  to  be  by  him  distributed 
to  the  nurses.  He  shall  regularly  attend  the  pharmacy,  and 
never  be  absent  without  the  Superintendent’s  permission. 

3.  He  shall  keep  the  pharmacy  and  everything  pertaining  to  it 
in  clean  and  perfect  order.  He  shall  keep  a book  in  which  he 
shall  enter  the  purchase  of  medicines,  etc.,  with  the  date  and 
quantity  purchased. 

Article  11  — Superintendent. 

1.  The  Superintendent  may  be  male  or  female,  must  be  of 
good  moral  character,  a good  accountant,  must  write  a fair, 
legible  hand,  and  shall  have  the  general  charge  of  the  Hospital, 
under  the  regulations  of  the  Board ; shall,  under  the  direction 
of  the  President,  Vice-President,  or  Medical  Director,  receive  or 
reject  applicants  for  admission,  but  shall  admit  no  patient 
without  a previous  examination  by  one  of  the  Physicians  or 
Surgeons,  except  in  case  of  an  emergency  ; and  no  person  shall  be 
admitted  who  is  suffering  under  any  contagious  disease,  nor  as  a 
charity  patient  when  the  case  is  deemed  incurable.  He  shall 
also  determine  whether  the  applicant  shall  be  received  as  a 
charity  or  pay-patient,  and  if  the  latter,  shall  fix  the  price  to  be 
paid,  and  take  such  security  as  may  be  deemed  requisite. 

2.  He  shall  hire,  and  dismiss,  all  nurses  and  domestics 


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employed  in  or  about  the  Hospital ; shall  discharge  such  of  them 
as  shall  be  guilty  of  profane  swearing,  drunkenness,  bringing 
spirits  clandestinely  into  the  house,  or  other  gross  misconduct ; 
and  shall  see  that  no  nurse  be  absent  from  the  house  without 
leave. 

3.  He  shall  keep  a regular  account  of  all  the  moneys  received 
and  disbursed  for  the  house  expenses,  collect  all  moneys  due 
from  patients,  accounting  for  the  same  to  the  proper  officer ; and 
shall  take  charge  of,  and  deposit  with  the  Treasurer,  any  money 
or  other  valuables  received  for  safekeeping  from  patients,  retain- 
ing a record  of  the  same. 

4.  He  shall  purchase,  under  the  direction  of  the  Presi- 
dent, fuel,  provisions  and  all  other  stores  for  the  use  of  the  Hos- 
pital, except  medicines  and  surgical  instruments ; and  keep 
under  key  all  wines,  spirits,  sugars,  unmade  linen,  blanketing 
and  other  stores  and  necessaries. 

5.  He  shall  take  particular  care  that  no  wdnes  or  spirits  are 
used  in  the  Hospital,  except  by  the  directions  of  the  Physicians 
or  Surgeons,  for  the  use  of  the  patients. 

6.  He  shall  see  that  all  parts  of  the  Hospital  are  properly  at- 
tended to  and  kept  in  order ; and  that  all  beds,  clothes,  linen  and 
other  household  goods  and  furniture  are  kept  perfectly  clean  and 
in  their  proper  places. 

7.  He  shall  cause  to  be  entered,  in  the  register  kept  for  that 
purpose,  the  admission  of  all  patients  ; and  when  one  is  discharged, 
shall  see  that  opposite  to  the  name  is  entered  cured,  relieved 
eloped  or  disorderly,  as  the  case  may  be. 

8.  He  shall,  on  the  decease  of  any  patient,*  cause  his  or  her 
name,  and  the  time  of  decease,  to  be  entered  on  the  register,  and 
the  body  conveyed,  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be,  to  the  dead- 
house,  to  be  there  safely  kept  until  delivered  to  the  hearse,  or  to 
the  friends  of  the  deceased  for  interment ; and  he  shall  be  particu- 
larly responsible  for  the  execution  of  this  duty. 

9.  If  any  person  attending  the  house,  or  belonging  to  it, 
shall  use  profane  or  improper  language,  disregard  the  By-Laws 
and  Regulations,  or  otherwise  misbehave,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Superintendent  to  report  the  offenders  in  writing  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees. 


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10.  The  Superintendent  shall  see  that  the  outer  gates  are 
locked  at  a reasonable  hour  every  evening,  and  shall  suffer  no 
patient  to  go  out  of  the  house  without  permission. 

Article  12  — Patients. 

1.  Patients  accidentally  wounded,  or  otherwise  injured,  shall 
be  received  at  all  hours,  subject  to  such  rules  as  the  Trustees 
shall,  from  time  to  time,  appoint  or  enact. 

2 No  person  having  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease  shall 
be  admitted  into  this  hospital.  Young  children  shall  not  be 
received  with  their  mothers  unless  they  are  also  patients.  In 
mania  a potu  a fee  of  $25  is  required  to  be  paid  in  advance 
with  no  pro  rata  return. 

3.  No  person  having  gonorrhoea,  syphilis,  or  mania  a potu, 
shall  be  admitted  as  a charity  patient,  or  at  a lower  rate  of  board 
than  seven  dollars  per  week ; and  separate  wards  must  be  pro- 
vided for  such  patients. 

4.  No  patient  shall  be  allowed  to  leave  the  Hospital  unless 
by  permission  of  the  Superintendent,  nor  play  at  any  game  of 
hazard,  or  introduce  any  spirituous  liquors  into  the  house. 

5.  The  patients  shall  conduct  themselves  with  decorum 
toward  each  other,  the  officers  of  the  house,  nurses  and  servants. 
They  shall  not  enter  the  office,  pharmacy,  kitchen  or  servants’ 
apartments  under  any  pretence  whatever,  except  by  order  of  the 
Superintendent.  They  shall  not  smoke  tobacco  in  the  house. 
No  male  patient  shall  go  into  the  women’s  apartments  or  wards, 
nor  any  female  patient  into  those  of  the  men. 

6.  Such  free  patients  as,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Attending 
Physician  or  Surgeon,  are  able,  shall  assist  in  nursing  others, 
washing  and  ironing  the  linen,  and  in  such  services  as  the  Su- 
perintendent may  require. 

7.  If  any  patient  shall  use  profane  or  indecent  language,  be- 
come intoxicated,  or  behave  rudely  or  indecently,  the  Superin- 
tendent may  immediately  discharge  such  patient. 

8.  No  officer  or  servant  of  this  institution  shall  accept  any 
gift  or  bequest  from  any  patient,  except  with  the  approbation  of 
the  Board. 


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9.  Whenever  any  patient  shall  desire  to  see  a minister  or 
teacher  of  religion,  the  request  is  to  be  communicated  to  a Resi- 
dent Physician  or  Surgeon,  and  if  it  be  deemed  proper,  in  a 
medical  point  of  view,  the  Superintendent  shall  notify  the  indi- 
vidual whose  presence  is  required. 

Article  13.— Beds. 

Any  person  or  society  contributing  at  any  one  time  the  sum  of 
one  thonsand  dollars  to  the  funds  of  the  hospital,  shall  be  entitled 
during  his  life-time  to  nominate  a patient  or  patients  to  fill  such 
bed,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Any  society,  person  or  persons  together  contributing  at  any 
one  time  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  to  the  funds  of  the 
hospital,  shall  be  entitled  during  the  year  following  to  nominate 
a patient  or  patients  to  fill  such  bed  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees. 

In  either  case  the  contributors  shall  have  the  right  to  affix 
a name  to  such  bed  by  a placard  conspicuously  displayed  near 
the  same. 


Article  1£.—  Visitors. 

1.  Visitors  to  patients,  nurses,  and  domestics,  will  be  ad- 
mitted on  such  days  and  between  such  hours  as  may  be  desig- 
nated by  the  Superintendent.  They  shall  not  ramble  over  the 
house  and  grounds,  and  shall  withdraw  after  a reasonable  time, 
not  later  than  5 P.  M. 

2.  No  patient  can  receive  more  than  one  visitor  on  SundaVj 
and  then  only  by  special  permission  of  the  Superintendent. 

3.  Visitors  are  not  allowed  to  bring  into  the  Wards  spirits  or 
any  articles  of  food.  All  such  must  be  left  with  the  Superin- 
tendent. 

4.  No  visitor  shall  lodge  in  the  hospital  without  permission 
from  the  Superintendent. 


Article  15.— General  Rules  of  Order. 

1.  The  House  Physician,  Surgeon,  and  others  employed  in 
the  hospital,  are  enjoined  to  be  regular  at  their  meals,  as  punc- 


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tuality  in  this  matter  is  essential  to  the  discipline  of  the  Hos- 
pital. 

2.  All  lights,  except  in  the  wards,  entries,  Steward’s  and 
Physicians’  rooms,  are  required  to  be  extinguished  at  half-past 
ten,  at  the  latest,  and  in  the  wards  reduced  to  the  smallest  possi- 
ble numbers  at  9 P.  M. 

3.  Reading  in  bed  at  night  will  not  be  allowed,  under  penalty 
of  expulsion  for  the  second  offence. 

Article  16.— On  Amendments  or  Alterations  of 

By-Laws. 

1.  All  resolutions  making  alterations  in  any  of  the  existing 
By-laws,  or  any  new  By-laws  that  may  be  passed,  shall  be  copied 
into  the  Secretary’s  book. 

2.  Alterations  or  amendments  may  be  made  to  the  By-laws, 
on  giving  .a  month’s  notice  of  such  proposed  change  at  a regular 
meeting  of  the  Board. 


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